Giving presentations

What is a good presenter?
“A presenter should be like a mini skirt:
Long enough to cover the vital parts,
and short enough to attract attention.”

Introduction

Making an effective opening
Give them a problem to think about (Suppose you... Why is it that...)
Give them some amazing facts.(Did you know that ...)
Give them a story or a personal anecdote (stories always atract attention)
Use a citation (if you want to start on a more philosophical note)

Getting started - greeting the audience
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.
It’s very nice to see you all here today.
Welcome to my presentation.

Introducing the topic
Today I am here to talk to you about…
Today I am going to talk to you about…
I would like to take this opportunity to talk to you about…

Outline/ Menu
My talk will take about 10 minutes.
During my presentation, I’m going to be focusing on four main areas.
My talk is divided into (three) parts.
I'll start with / Firstly I will talk about… / I'll begin with
then I will look at …
next…
and finally…

Firstly...secondly...thirdly...lastly...
First of all...then...next...after that...finally...
To start with...later...to finish up...

Questions
Please interrupt me if you have any questions.
If you have any questions I’ll be happy to answer them at the end.

Signposting
"I'll start by describing the current position in Europe. Then I'll move on to some of the achievements we've made in Asia. After that I'll consider the opportunities we see for further expansion in Africa. Lastly, I'll quickly recap before concluding with some recommendations."

Good afternoon everybody. I’d like to thank you all for coming here
today and listen to me. I hope by the end of the day you will leave with
a knowledge of what equipment can do for you and how the
government can benefit by using it.
If you would like to take notes, please do so. However, all of you will be
given a handout at the end of my presentation.
I am going to talk today about a new product, a breath control
measurement instrument ALCOTEST. The first such product was
introduced to the market 40 years ago and has been used all over the
world.
The new range of products I’m going to familiarise you with are the
Alcotest 7110 MK III and Alcotest 7410. Now, the main purpose of the
talk, of my talk, is to outline the major benefits of using these models.
Before doing so, I would like you to look at some general technical
features which I hope you will find encouraging. Then I’ll move on to the
benefits for the users.
Let’s look at some figures. I’ll put them on the screen now. As you can
see the Alcotest comes as a portable instrument, integrated in a metal
case, including heatable sampling hose, a 40-digit alphanumerical
display, integrated printer, mains connection and 12 V battery.

Main part

Introducing the subject
I'd like to start by...
Let's begin by...
First of all, I'll...
Starting with...
I'll begin by...
Finishing one subject...
Well, I've told you about...
That's all I have to say about...
We've looked at...
So much for...
...and starting another
Now we'll move on to...
Next...
I'd like now to discuss...
Let's look now at...
Main part

Visual aids

Let’s look at this…
A good example of this is...
As an illustration,...
To give you an example,...
Here we can see…

Closing

CONCLUSION
This brings me to the end of my presentation.
Let me just run over the key points again…
To sum up briefly…
To conclude …
As we’ve seen…

Thanking the audience & Inviting questions
Thank you all for listening, it was a pleasure being here today.
Well that's it from me. Thanks very much.
Thank you for your attention and if you have any questions I’ll be pleased to answer them.
I’ll be happy to answer any questions.
Are there any questions you’d like to ask?

Dealing with questions